tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 01 11:44:03 1997
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Re: chay'
- From: Mark Mandel <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: chay'
- Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 14:45:20 -0500
ghItlh SuStel:
>>>>>
[email protected] on behalf of Neal Schermerhorn wrote:
> Other than chay' and qatlh, all the question words assume the syntactical
> position of what would be the answer to the question.
[...]
> qatlh is easy, it asks What is the reason? What -mo' noun or verb would
> explain the occurrence of the event in the question?
Well, when considering {-mo'}, {qatlh} IS in the same syntactic position.
<<<<<
Not really. It's become a custom on this list to put <-mo'> clauses
before the sentences they modify and recommend that others do
likewise, in imitation of the canonical placement of <-meH> clauses
as prescribed in TKD section 6.2.4. But we have no canonical rule
on the placement of <-mo'> clauses.
Nouns with <-mo'>, on the other hand, do normally go at the beginning
of the sentence... but, come to think it, I don't know where that rule is stated.
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